BTCC 2004 - Croft Race 18 Results Up

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 06 Dec 2012, 03:38

Once I'm finished with A1 Grand Prix 1951, I'd like to give another idea of mine a go. An alternate BTCC championship.

So we'll start by saying 'screw you' to Alan Gow and not let him retake the helm of the series over the 03/04 off season. Instead I'm put in charge staring from the 2004 season and there will be many changes, mainly inspired by V8 Supercars.

Race Format
The main change will be the races which will include some recreations of some of V8S's classic events, within Britain. First of all a Cadwell 1000 at Cadwell Park, a 1000 km long enduro featuring co-drivers, three guesses on the inspiration.

Then we have our Clipsal 500 equivalent which will be held on the streets of Cardiff near the Bay, giving us some street races and putting Wales back onto the calender. This involves two 250 km races. Bournemouth will also hold a pair of street races in a likely futile attempt to recreate the Gold Coast 600, which involves two 300 km races and international co-drivers.

The rest of the schedule will have weekends of two or three races making up a total of 400 km. This will either be, a 200 km race each on the Saturday and Sunday, one 150 km on Saturday and a 250 km on Sunday, or two 100 km sprints on Saturday, the second being a reverse grid followed by a 200 km on Sunday.

The BTCC will also have a couple of rounds overseas in Europe in an attempt to attract foreign drivers and sponsors back into the series. This includes our Sandown 500 recreation which will be held at Spa-Francorchamps.

2004 Calender

1. March 19-21 - Rounds 1-2, Cardiff Bay 500
2. April 9-11 - Rounds 3-5 Thruxton
3. April 23-25 - Rounds 6-7 Monza
4. May 7-9 - Rounds 8-9 Silverstone
5. May 21-23 - Rounds 10-11 Oulton Park
6. June 11-13 - Rounds 12-13 Mondello Park
7. July 2-4 - Round 14 Spa 500
8. July 16-18 - Round 15 Cadwell 1000
9. August 6-8 - Rounds 16-17 Jurassic Coast 600
10. August 20-22 - Rounds 18-19 Croft
11. September 3-5 - Rounds 20-22 Knockhill
12. September 17-19 - Rounds 23-24 Brands Hatch
13. October 1-3 - Rounds 25-26 Snetterton
14. October 15-17 - Rounds 27-28 Donnington Park

Colour Codes
2 x 200 km
2 x 100 km + 1 200km
1 150 km + 1 250 km
2 x 250 km
Enduro Event

Will post available teams and budgets in the next post.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 06 Dec 2012, 04:15

So here are the teams for 2004 and their respective budgets, each member may have one team each. Don't hire any drivers yet though as I will run a system for that similar to what Flaschenpost did with his Alternate F1.

Teams and Budgets

VX Racing (Triple 8 Race Engineering) (Must run Vauxhall Astra Coupe 03) - £4,000,000
SEAT Sport UK (RML) (Must run SEAT Toledo Cupra) - £3,500,000
Team Honda (Arena Motorsport) (Must run Honda Civic Type-R) - £2,600,000
Petronas Syntium Proton (Must run Proton Impian) - £2,500,000
Team Dynamics - £2,300,000
West Surrey Racing - £1,800,000
GA Motorsports - £1,600,000
Synchro Motorsport - £1,000,000 (Must run a Honda)
Tech-Speed Motorsport - £850,000
Collard Racing - £800,000
Edenbridge Racing - £700,000
Kartworld - £650,000
TH Motorsport - £620,000
John Batchelor Racing - £600,000

Entry Costs
Per season, per car. £300,000
Per event, per car. £30,000

Avaliable Cars

Per Season (per car)
Vauxhall Astra Coupe 03 - £500,000
SEAT Toledo Cupra - £450,000
Honda Civic Type-R - £420,000
MG ZS 03 - £400,000
Proton Impian - £350,000
Vauxhall Astra Coupe 01 - £350,000
Honda Accord Euro R - £350,000
Audi A4 - £340,000
Volvo S60 - £340,000
Ford Focus ST170 - £320,000
Alfa Romeo 156 - £320,000
BMW 320i - £300,000
MG ZS 02 - £300,000
Peugeot 406 Coupe - £270,000
Peugeot 307 - £270,000
Lexus IS2000 - £250,000

Per event is 10% of full season cost.

Teams can run up to three cars each. Only two of which can score points towards the teams championship.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 06 Dec 2012, 04:52

I plan to take the works Vauxhall team please

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 06 Dec 2012, 07:18

I'll take SEAT Sport.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 06 Dec 2012, 07:25

I'd like to take Honda.

HonoraryNortherner · Post by **HonoraryNortherner** » 06 Dec 2012, 07:35

This sounds like a great idea! Team Dynamics please

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 06 Dec 2012, 07:38

West Surrey for me

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 06 Dec 2012, 07:40

I'll take GA.

HonoraryNortherner · Post by **HonoraryNortherner** » 06 Dec 2012, 08:42

How about a revival of the Birmingham Super-prix for the 2005 season?

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 06 Dec 2012, 08:47

I'll go with Collard racing.

FloProAct · Post by **FloProAct** » 06 Dec 2012, 08:56

May as well get involved with one of these series....

In the true spirit of rejectfulness, I'd like to take Proton please.

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 06 Dec 2012, 15:24

I'll go Synchro kthx.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 06 Dec 2012, 18:30

I'll go one better and tack the Birmingham Superprix onto the end of the 2004 season.

2004 Finalized Calender

1. March 19-21 - Rounds 1-2, Cardiff Bay 500
2. April 9-11 - Rounds 3-5 Thruxton
3. April 23-25 - Rounds 6-7 Monza
4. May 7-9 - Rounds 8-9 Silverstone
5. May 21-23 - Rounds 10-11 Oulton Park
6. June 11-13 - Rounds 12-13 Mondello Park
7. July 2-4 - Round 14 Spa 500
8. July 16-18 - Round 15 Cadwell 1000
9. August 6-8 - Rounds 16-17 Jurassic Coast 600
10. August 20-22 - Rounds 18-19 Croft
11. September 3-5 - Rounds 20-22 Knockhill
12. September 17-19 - Rounds 23-24 Brands Hatch
13. October 1-3 - Rounds 25-26 Snetterton
14. October 15-17 - Rounds 27-28 Donnington Park
15. October 29-31 - Rounds 29-30 Birmingham Super Prix

Colour Codes
2 x 200 km
2 x 100 km + 1 200km
1 150 km + 1 250 km
2 x 250 km
Enduro Event

Oh you can confirm which cars you would like to enter and how many at this point. Max entry of three per team, nominate two to score for the team's championship. You can also pick your car numbers. #1 is reserved for Yvan Muller as the 2003 champion.

Forgot to give out the upgrade list.

Upgrades

Can be bought after the first round, available as Large, Medium or Hard. You can add multiple upgrades at a time but the spending limit per event is £300,000.

Large £500,000 - Will add 4 points to the car's rating.
Medium £250,000 - Will add 2 points to the car's rating.
Small £100,000 - Will add 1 point to the car's rating.

Upgrade Categories

Aerodynamics
Chassis
Engine
Reliability

You may go beyond your team's staring budget at any point in the season as long as you earn that money back via prize and sponsorship money by the start of the next season.

Point System

Top 30 will earn points at each race, as long as they finish within 90% of the leader.
1. 50
2. 40
3. 35
4. 32
5. 30
6. 28
7. 26
8. 24
9. 22
10. 21
11. 20
12. 19
13. 18
14. 17
15. 16
16. 15
17. 14
18. 13
19. 12
20. 11
21. 10
22. 9
23. 8
24. 7
25. 6
26. 5
27. 4
28. 3
29. 2
30. 1

The Spa 500 and Jurassic Coast 600 will award double points at each of their races.
The Cadwell 1000 will award triple points.

Cash Prize Monies

Teams will be awarded £1,000 per point earned.

Sponsorship money will come in at the beginning of each season (for this season, this is the bulk of your staring budget), depending on how much sponsorship your team has. Sponsors for each team will be the same as their real life counterparts.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 06 Dec 2012, 18:45

Honda will enter two cars, one for James Thompson and one for Tora Takagi, if he wants to join the series.

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 06 Dec 2012, 18:49

Collard will enter a BMW 320i for...well, Rob Collard.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 06 Dec 2012, 19:26

GA's lineup:

Paul Wallace (Astra)
Carl Breeze (156)

[as per real life, but with less cars

]

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 06 Dec 2012, 19:35

SEAT's 2004 lineup will consist of Yvan Muller and Colin Turkington. We will also run Mat Jackson in a third car at selected events, if this is allowed. Turkington and Jackson will run numbers 17 and 18, respectively.

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 06 Dec 2012, 20:02

Anthony Reid and Warren Hughes Mg ZS number 2 and 3

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 06 Dec 2012, 20:21

Vauxhall will three cars, two main team cars numbered 5 and 6 driven by Matt Neal and Fabrizio Giovanardi. They will also run a third 88 car under the VX Junior Racing Team banner driven by Rob Huff.

FloProAct · Post by **FloProAct** » 06 Dec 2012, 20:42

Proton would like to enter 3 Impians:

#20: Farique Hairuman
#99: Shaun Watson-Smith
#81: Gavin Smith

Though I'm not entirely sure we're supposed to be picking drivers yet. Samster, can you clarify?

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 06 Dec 2012, 22:23

I mean only the cars that you want and how many, no picking drivers yet.

Driver choices process will be started in a few days. It will be similar to Flashcenpost's F1 where a driver can decline an offer based on random.org. The larger teams will have first choice.

FloProAct · Post by **FloProAct** » 06 Dec 2012, 22:39

In that case I will withdraw my driver choices.
I do, however, still want 3 Impians with numbers #20, #99 and #81.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 06 Dec 2012, 23:00

Tech-Speed Motorsport will race a single '03 spec Vauxhall Astra using car number 77.

HonoraryNortherner · Post by **HonoraryNortherner** » 07 Dec 2012, 00:25

I'll run a pair of Honda Civic Type R's with numbers #5 & #6.

And nice one with the Superprix

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 07 Dec 2012, 00:49

HonoraryNortherner wrote:I'll run a pair of Honda Civic Type R's with numbers #5 & #6.

And nice one with the Superprix

5 and 6 are already taken by VX Racing.

HonoraryNortherner · Post by **HonoraryNortherner** » 07 Dec 2012, 00:54

Ok, #54 and #55.

Can anyone remember if those were the numbers of the all-conquering 1996 Audi Quattros of Frank Biela and John Bintcliffe?

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 07 Dec 2012, 00:58

HonoraryNortherner wrote:Ok, #54 and #55.

Can anyone remember if those were the numbers of the all-conquering 1996 Audi Quattros of Frank Biela and John Bintcliffe?

No that was 45 and 44 respectively.

HonoraryNortherner · Post by **HonoraryNortherner** » 07 Dec 2012, 01:00

Samster wrote:
HonoraryNortherner wrote:Ok, #54 and #55.

Can anyone remember if those were the numbers of the all-conquering 1996 Audi Quattros of Frank Biela and John Bintcliffe?

No that was 45 and 44 respectively.

Ahhh I remember now!

I'll still with #54 and #55 though.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 07 Dec 2012, 01:10

Created the wiki page for this, the link is in my signature.

Standings will be updated on there but I'll post race results in the thread to save time.

Teams Still Avaliable
Edenbridge Racing £700,000
Kartworld Racing £650,000
TH Motorsports £620,000
John Batchelor Racing £600,000

Also need to know which car Synchro Motorsport will use and how many.

Plus car numbers for Honda, GA, Synchro and Collard.

Look out for a few wildcard entries from other S2000 spec series like ETCC, ITCC and STCC. I may even drive a car myself in game for the odd event (in game). I'm using NR2003 for this by the way, as I am for A1GP.

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 07 Dec 2012, 04:50

Synchro will use two Accords with numbers 10 and 49.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 07 Dec 2012, 06:19

FMecha wrote:GA's lineup:

#21Paul Wallace (Astra)
#25 Carl Breeze (156)

[as per real life, but with less cars ]

As you wish

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 07 Dec 2012, 07:13

Series logo

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 07 Dec 2012, 16:13

I would like to run Edenbridge Racing, and we will use an 02 MG ZS

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 07 Dec 2012, 17:21

takagi_for_the_win wrote:I would like to run Edenbridge Racing, and we will use an 02 MG ZS

Car number?

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 07 Dec 2012, 17:24

Honda's car numbers are 7 and 8, just because they are the lowest consecutive numbers that are not taken.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 07 Dec 2012, 17:25

WaffleCat wrote:Synchro will use two Accords with numbers 10 and 49.

But Wurz has to drive one of the cars

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FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 07 Dec 2012, 17:37

pi314159 wrote:
WaffleCat wrote:Synchro will use two Accords with numbers 10 and 49.

But Wurz has to drive one of the cars .

Jocke1 will not be impressed. :evil:

We'll field one more car - #09 Proton Impian with Alexander Wurz driving. :twisted:

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 07 Dec 2012, 17:41

FMecha wrote:
pi314159 wrote:
WaffleCat wrote:Synchro will use two Accords with numbers 10 and 49.

But Wurz has to drive one of the cars .

Jocke1 will not be impressed.

We'll field one more car - #09 Proton Impian with Alexander Wurz driving.

If your serious about entering a Proton under GA, then I'll add it in.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 07 Dec 2012, 18:17

^Maybe. But I'd deal with WaffleCat first.

WaffleCat: Are you not ruling out Wurz from driving with Synchro?

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 07 Dec 2012, 19:53

FMecha wrote:^Maybe. But I'd deal with WaffleCat first.

WaffleCat: Are you not ruling out Wurz from driving with Synchro?

You'll both be able to put an offer in once the driver sign up begins.